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IV.—THE HEIDELBERG PHYSICAL LABORATORY. MOST travelled Englishmen are doubtless acquainted with the ancient town of Heidelberg, so famous for the beauty of its situation and the grandeur of its ruined castle. But far fewer know the charms of the long and romantic valley of the Neckar, at the almost sensational exit of which, from the Odenwald into the level plain of the Upper Rhine, Heidelberg stands. So also it is true that while most educated people connect Heidelberg with the great names of Kirchhoffand Bunsen and their epoch-making discoveries in spectrum analysis, it is only the special students who know how large in extent and how important in result and example is the work which has steadily gone on for many years in the physical laboratory in the Friedrichsbau.
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Some Scientific Centres . Nature 65, 587–590 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/065587b0
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